This city was built around a former prison where thousand of people died, and the life expectancy is 10 years lower than the ...

When you think of the United States, perhaps things like baseball, McDonald’s, the New York Times Square, or the Grand Canyon ...

Once a tranquil fishing community, Tanjung Uma is now ground zero for Indonesia’s pollution crisis – a place where unchecked development, environmental degradation and government neglect collide.

Norilsk is also one of Russia’s most polluted cities. Its mining and smelting industries release massive amounts of carbon pollutants, making it one of the most toxic places on Earth. The Blacksmith ...

Norilsk is said to be the coldest inhabited city on the face of the earth, and has been historically quite prosperous due to ...

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

Venus is now at its almost unbelievably brightest at a marvelous time when many other (though less radiant) planets and ...

Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies ...

This place is Norilsk, Russia, often described as one of the most isolated and depressing cities in the world. Norilsk is the northernmost city on Earth and was originally built as part of the Soviet ...